Congress leader and actor Shatrughan Sinha’s Twitter account was briefly hacked without him knowing about it. The account has now been restored however while it was hacked, his account’s name was changed to Elon Musk and the profile picture was also changed to a picture of a rocket launch. 

In this case, the hackers did not change the password or lock Sinha out from his profile as he was Tweeting about Shashi Tharoor while his account was hacked. It seems he was unaware that his name and profile picture had been changed. 

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“What a fantastic conversation between two popular, respectable, acceptable, able, politicians! The sauve, intellectual par excellence Shashi Tharoor & the outspoken, courageous, forthright TMC leader Mauhua Moitra as he chats with her on India@75. They talk about how times, democracy etc have changed over the years. Your feedback & comments are most welcome. Jai Hind! A not to be missed interview!” Sinha tweeted while his account was hacked. 

His account was also used to spread spam in reply to one of Musk’s recent tweets. The hacked account replied with a Tweet about distributing DOGECOIN  via an event. The tweet has been deleted however some his Sinha’s followers noticed the hack before it was restored.  

I am sure his account is hacked!

This is not the first time a Twitter account of a political leader has been hacked. In a similar case, Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi’s Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) official Twitter account was also hacked where the account was also disguised as Elon Musk. Earlier this year, BJP leader Khushbu Sundar’s Twitter account was hacked.

@umashankarsingh @AadeshRawal @shubhankrmishra @Smita_Sharma Shatrughan sinha twitter account hacked pic.twitter.com/Yg4EwBtg8E

It’s also worth pointing out that last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handle “@narendramodi_in” was also hacked and asked its followers to donate Bitcoin to specific accounts. 

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